Every Kid in a Park - Houston

What is the Every Kid in a Park Program - Houston (EKIP Houston)? EKIP is the opportunity to educate your students in the great outdoors! EKIP provides field trip transportation reimbursement for field trips taken by Title I, 4th classes to our amazing Greater Houston Area outdoor spaces. Teachers can easily book a field trip with one of many national, state, and local park partners who provide a variety of curriculum-based natural, cultural, and historical field trips correlated with Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS). These transportation funds are made available through a grant from the National Park Foundation for the 2017-2018 academic school year.

Registering for an EKIP Houston Field Trip is Easy...PLEASE read ALL instructions before following links:

Confirm Eligibility: Is your class at a Title 1 School in Region 4 ESC, and are your students in 4th Grade? If yes, your class is eligible for transportation reimbursement.

Understand Requirements for Reimbursement:

Teachers are required to present fun, educational pre- and post-field trip activities in the classroom. Templates are available here, or you may use ones provided by the field trip location.

Follow the instructions emailed to you after the field trip, requesting that you provide the following:

The total number of students and teachers who went on the field trip and distance to the site.

A simple statement saying you completed the pre- and post-activities, and

A scanned copy of your bus invoice.

Information on where the reimbursement is to be sent (payee and address)

Please also be prepared to take a survey on your field trip experience. A small number of teachers will be randomly selected to be surveyed by the National Park Foundation as a condition of the grant. Thank you!

Questions:

Do not hesitate to contact EKIP Houston if you have any questions along the way:

How does the Houston EKIP relate to the National Every Kid in a Park (EKIP) Program?

Every Kid in a Park is part of our Nation's commitment to protect our nation’s unique outdoor spaces and ensure that every American has the opportunity to visit and enjoy them. The program, now in its second year, is a crucial component of a multi-pronged approach to inspire the next generation to discover all that our nation’s public lands and waters have to offer.

Beginning September 1, 2015, all kids in the 4th grade have access to their own Every Kid in a Park pass, which they can download and print from everykidinapark.gov. This pass provides free access to national parks and federal public lands across the country for the entire academic year.

hereinhouston.org is an initiative of Texas Children in Nature - Houston with special project support from the Katy Prairie Conservancy.